Isle of Man Literary Society announce date for next event

The Isle of Man Literary Society will be holding its next meeting on Wednesday 3rd February 2016 at 7.30pm.

The meeting will be held at the Archibald Knox in Onchan and the talk has been entitled Campaigning in poetry and governing in prose: rhyme and reason in the world's oldest parliament.

The speaker for this event will be the Deputy Clerk of Tynwald, Jonathan King, who has held the post since 2007. Prior to working within this post Jonathan worked in the UK civil service as well as being an Area Editor on the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He is also involved with a number of local music groups including the Manx Youth Orchestra, Rushen Silver Band and Meadowside Choral Society.